"Enough!"

Zuo Liangyu's face turned angry, he flicked his sleeves angrily, and said in a loud voice: "Zhong Lin, do you know that if you act like this, then this vast land will inevitably fall into the hands of Li Xiao's thieves without much effort. However, if our army loses this foundation, even if it can protect most of its troops, it will shrink into the remote land of southwest Hunan in the future, the land is barren and the people are poor, and if we want to develop and recover, is it all empty talk? Zhong Lin's words, Ben Hou thought that it was not a clever strategy. ”

Huang Shu was also stunned when he saw such fierce opposition, and subconsciously asked: "Then according to Ning Nanhou's opinion, how should our army act now, is it appropriate?" ”

Zuo Liangyu smiled coldly, he paced back and forth for a few steps, and there was a resolute look on his face, and he replied in a deep voice: "Zhong Lin, your opinion, Ben Hou thinks about it carefully, and there are some merits. That is, now the eastern defense line is no longer guaranteed, if so, simply abandon everything, let the whole army on the eastern front retreat to Wuchang, and rely on Wuchang to fortify the city to resist the attack of the Tang army. Strive to force the Tang army back under the city of Wuchang. Ben Hou thought that if necessary, not only the eastern front should be abandoned, but even the western part of Hubei should be abandoned, and the elite of the whole army would gather in Wuchang to defend the foundation of our foundation. At the same time, he sent people to quickly contact Li Guo's troops and horses in southern Henan, so that they could defend each other with our army, thinking that they would help each other. Ben Hou believes that with such a strong army, the grain, grass and ordnance in this Wuchang city are also very abundant, and it should be able to fight against the Tang army for a long time. Before the time comes, who will kill the deer, hmph, it's hard to say. ”

When Huang Shu heard Zuo Liangyu's arrangement, he couldn't help but sigh again and again, but he understood that Zuo Liangyu was stubborn and difficult to listen to, and he no longer had the courage to pick up the tiger's whiskers to refute Zuo Liangyu's views.

He pondered for a while, and then replied: "Ning Nanhou wants to defend Wuchang to the death, although this plan is dangerous, but if Ning Nanhou insists on doing it, he can also give it a try." It's just that everything needs to be considered, and in my opinion, it is better not to put all your eggs in one basket. ”

"Oh, what do you mean by that?"

"Ning Nanhou, I think that there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and everything needs to be prepared for the worst. The elite of our army gathered in Wuchang, although it can confront the Tang army for a while, but it is not a long-term solution. In the following opinion, it is still very necessary to prepare a way out for yourself. Forgive me for saying a rude remark, even if Ning Nanhou himself doesn't think about it, he should make long-term plans for Zuo Gongzi. ”

"Zhong Lin, what the hell do you want to say?!"

Huang Shu heard Zuo Liangyu's voice sharply, so he pounced, knelt on the ground, and said loudly: "Ningnan Hou is defending Wuchang, his integrity is commendable, if he can repel the Tang army, it is the best thing." It's just that if nothing can be done, this Wuchang is lost and falls into the hands of the Tang Army, and the adults and the son, father and son, but they have not been able to break through and escape in time, the foundation of the Zuo family that has been worked hard will collapse all the time? Therefore, I think that Ning Nanhou must plan for the worst to be appropriate. ”

Without waiting for Zuo Liangyu to speak, Huang Shu hurriedly said: "Therefore, according to my opinion, it is not necessary for Ningnanhou to defend Wuchang to the death. However, he still had to ask the Marquis of Ningnan to give an order, so that Zuo Gongzi would lead his people in western Hubei to immediately abandon western Hubei and retreat to the southwest of Hunan to preserve the roots of the Zuo family. In case the lord loses, the prince can still recover in the southwest of Hunan Province, and in the future, he will raise troops and forge ahead, and revenge this great revenge for the Marquis of Ningnan, which is also unknown. If Ning Nanhou insists on summoning Gongzi to return to Wuchang together, not to mention that the road to western Hubei is far away, it doesn't matter if he can have time at this time, even if Zuo Gongzi can return to Wuchang in time with his subordinates, if Wuchang City is broken in the future, wouldn't he have to end up with both father and son dying?! If you really come to such a situation, what good will it do to regret it in the future? Although the words are vulgar, they are loyal, and they can be seen every day, and I hope that the Lord will make a prudent decision! ”

After Huang Shu finished speaking, he kowtowed to himself, and his head slammed on the terrazzo blue brick floor, banging loudly.

Zuo Liangyu sat back on the chair, his eyes were empty, and his whole person was like a lifeless piece of wood.

In the end, he let out a long sigh and said slowly: "Zhong Lin's words show loyalty. Ben Hou thought about it, and that's all there was to it. ”

"Lord Mingjian, I am very grateful below."

Zuo Liangyu nodded, paused slightly, and then ordered loudly: "Pass on the order of Ben Hou, order the two generals of Jin Shenghuan Wang Deren on the Eastern Front, as you plan, bluff on the surface, secretly retreat, lead the whole army to Wuchang, and defend the city with Ben Hou." In addition, quickly send a messenger to Henan to ask for help, and let Li Zicheng quickly send reinforcements to save our army from danger. ”

Speaking of this, Zuo Liangyu's throat choked, and tears flashed in his eyes.

Alas, cutting the land and sending money, in order to beg for people, lose face and lining, if it weren't for the fact that the situation was really bad, how could I make this decision!

And Huang Shu on the ground, although he was submissive, kept staring at Zuo Liangyu, expecting him to say the following words.

Zuo Liangyu looked directly at Huang Shu's eyes, his expression was very complicated, and he was silent for a while before he said in a low voice: "Zhong Lin, Benhou will send you as a representative again to rush to western Hubei urgently, let Meng Geng abandon the defense of western Hubei, lead the elite of the whole army, and retreat to the southwest of Hunan to protect the last foundation of our army." Of course, Ben Hou will also quickly transfer a large amount of money, grain, and ordnance from Wuchang City and urgently transport them to southwest Hunan to ensure that he and the soldiers of the whole army have no worries about food and salary. ”

"Well, the order of the Marquis of Ningnan has been written down below." Huang Shu bowed, and tears flashed in his eyes.

Zuo Liangyu's arrangement was set, and he immediately began to implement it as planned.

Soon, the two generals Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren, who were sticking to the eastern defense line, received this secret order sent overnight, and the two generals were shocked, and the whole army was also in an uproar.

In front of the military order, the second general did not dare to disobey, so he immediately followed Zuo Liangyu's instructions, made a false gesture, and made a feint to attack, but secretly he was packing up his luggage and ordnance, preparing to abandon the eastern defense line and withdraw to Wuchang.

The abnormal dynamic situation of the enemy troops in the east immediately attracted the attention of the Tang army, which was confronting it.

Soon, a sentry cavalry reported the abnormal situation of the enemy troops on the opposite defense line to Liu Guoneng, the mayor of the sixth town of the Tang Army.

Liu Guoneng, who was concentrating on checking the military map, was quite surprised when he heard the news.

At this time, the distribution of soldiers and horses in the sixth town of the Tang Army was as follows, and the second battalion of the first and second battalions led by the mayor Liu Guoneng and the deputy mayor of the town, and Jin Shenghuan, the left army stationed in Susong, confronted each other. The commander of the C battalion, Zu Dabi, was in the north of Macheng, confronting and fighting against Wang Deren of the left army stationed here, which was far from the main formation.

Due to the urgency of the situation, the Nazu Dabi Department was too far away from the base camp, and Liu Guoneng only had time to summon the deputy mayor of the town to discuss matters in the tent together.

As soon as Ebi Lun entered the account, Liu Guoneng immediately gave him a brief description of the current enemy forces on the opposite side.

When he heard this, he frowned and his expression was quite surprised, and he said: "This is strange, the left army on the opposite side has been confronting our army for several months, and has been shrinking into the city, and has not dared to fight, why is it suddenly so bold now, and is it going to go out of the city to fight against our army?" ”

"yes, it's weird. It is said that now the soldiers and horses of our army's second town are attacking everywhere in the western Hubei area, and the left army has no choice but to draw nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses from the east to help the west, and its garrison strength on the eastern front is already insufficient. Liu Guoneng stroked his beard and looked pensive.

Forehead Bilun blinked his eyes, as if he suddenly remembered something, and said tentatively to Liu Guoneng: "Mayor Liu, shouldn't the enemy be bluffing, obviously attacking our army, but secretly retreating from the army, right?" ”

Liu Guoneng sighed and was silent for a while.

He pondered for a long time, but he still shook his head and said: "Bi Lun, what you said is all speculation, and it is not credible if there is no evidence. If the enemy really wants to retreat, it only means that Wuchang is very critical now, and they will have to retreat. And Wuchang is in danger, it can only be that Jiujiang City was captured by our army, and the soldiers and horses of the ninth town of our Tang Army are about to attack Wuchang from Jiujiang by land and water, so that Zuo Liangyu has to give an order to withdraw the soldiers and horses from the east and retreat to Wuchang. It's just that there is no news in Jiujiang City yet, so we can't be rash, and we need to be impatient. ”

Ebi Lun nodded, agreeing with Liu Guoneng's opinion. Subsequently, Liu Guoneng ordered the soldiers and horses of the second town of the Tang Army to prepare for a head-on battle with the left army that was fighting out of the city.

Of course, he also immediately sent a messenger to the outskirts of Macheng to inform Zu Dabi, who was confronting Wang Deren's troops, so that he could also be prepared and not to underestimate the enemy.

What Liu Guoneng didn't expect was that the messenger he sent was still on the road, and Zu Dabi over there had already received a report from his subordinate sentry cavalry, saying that the enemy army in Wang Deren's department was moving frequently, and it seemed that he was going out of the city to fight to the death with himself.

Zu Dabi, who had been idle for a while, was very excited after listening to the report from his subordinates, and he was originally lazily curled up on the chair, and immediately stood up from the chair of the big tent of the Chinese army.

"Grandma, what you kid said, but the truth? That Wang Deren, who entered the dog, really wants to go out of the city and fight me to the death? ”

"General, the enemy army does have this intention. The small one probed from afar, and the number of banners and soldiers on the city wall of Namacheng has increased greatly, and the number of enemy horsemen who have gone out of the city has also increased a lot. There was a lot of movement outside the city, and the smoke and dust were rising, as if they were preparing for a formation. It can be seen that the enemy army has probably received a lot of reinforcements, and wants to go out of the city to fight against our army. ”

"Oh, such a thing?"

"It's just that Mayor Liu didn't say before that now our army is attacking western Hubei, and the enemy has to draw a large number of troops from the east to aid western Hubei? It's fucking strange where they got all these reinforcements. Zu Dabi stroked his beard like a hedgehog thorn, and his face was hesitant.

He pondered for a while, then slammed the desk and shouted: "Damn, hearing is false, seeing is believing, I want to see if Wang Deren, the dog thief who has not dared to fight against our army for half a year, where did he get the courage to go out of the city to fight our army head-on." Come on, hurry up and prepare a horse for me! ”

"Order!"

Soon, Zu Dabi, who was dressed in neat armor, under the escort of nearly 100 elite cavalry, rushed out of the big tent outside the city, and came to Macheng where Wang Deren was stationed.

All the way closer, Zu Dabi immediately saw from a distance that there were indeed many more flags planted in Macheng than in the past, and the number of soldiers patrolling back and forth on it had at least doubled.

Outside the city, more than a dozen field sentries of the Left Army could be seen from a distance, observing themselves from a distance, and outside these sentry horses, smoke and dust could be faintly seen, as if the enemy was loading ordnance, grain and grass in order to prepare for battle.

Zu Dabi was suspicious, but it was inconvenient to attack. He groaned slightly, a cruel look flashed across his face, and then ordered the whole army to return to the camp.

Back in the camp, Zu Dabi, who had a fierce face, didn't say a word, picked up a jar of old wine on the desk, slapped the mud with one palm, lifted it up, and poured it into his mouth in a big gulp, and a large stream of pale yellow wine flowed down the corners of his mouth, washing and dyeing the iron armor on his chest shiny.

After a while, Zu Dabi shook the empty altar, and with a hey, he slammed the altar to the ground, and slammed the altar to pieces.

"Grandma's! Wang Deren, who entered the dog, dared to go out of the city to fight with Lao Tzu, well, if he has long skills, Lao Tzu will fulfill him! Zu Dabi, who was drunk and had a red face and bloodshot eyes, hiccuped and said loudly: "Pass on my military order, the whole army will assemble immediately, and the whole battalion will fight, I will go this time, but I want to have a good meeting with Wang Deren's house, don't behead that dog, grandpa is not surnamed Zu!" ”

"General Zu, this matter is important, and the number of enemy reinforcements is also unknown, do you want to report to Mayor Liu in advance?" An adjutant general next to him hesitated to make a suggestion.

"Humph! Defeat Wang Deren's gang first, and then it's not too late to report! Grandma's, I haven't killed anyone for almost half a year, grandpa, my hands are itching! Zu Dabi coldly dropped this sentence, and then strode out of the tent.

After a short time, all the soldiers and horses of Zu Dabi's C battalion were assembled, and Zu Dabi immediately ordered the whole army to enter Macheng, and before Wang Deren started to attack, he was the first to invite him to fight.

The war drums were rumbling, the military horns were loud, and the Tang army discharged its usual long formation, pushing the thirty heavy dragon guns in the battalion, and advancing towards Macheng with smoke and dust rolling all the way.

"General! Oh no! Oh no! ”

Wang Deren, who was commanding the whole army and soldiers to urgently ship the grain, grass and ordnance in the warehouse, suddenly saw a sentry shouting from afar, and rushed towards him with a look of urgency.

"Why is it so panicked, it's really unseemly." Wang Deren frowned.

"General, no! The Tang army seems to be attacking the city! The villain was outside the city, and found that the soldiers and horses of the ancestor Dabi had come out with all the army, and they were rushing towards my Macheng all the way! The sentry rider with a dusty and sweaty face came to Wang Deren ten steps away and immediately knelt down to play.

"Ahh Is there such a thing? How could the Tang army attack now, did they already know the plan of our army? Hearing the report of the sentry rider, Wang Deren's eyes widened unconsciously.

After thinking about it carefully, it didn't feel right, this Zuo Liangyu's secret order to retreat arrived late last night, and the whole army is still preparing to retreat today, even if this news is leaked, it can't be so fast.

"General, the Tang army is coming this time, its momentum is very great, it seems to be going to fight to the death with our army, now where is our army going, please make a quick decision!" Seeing that Wang Deren was silent, the sentry looked anxious, and asked anxiously.

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